Roche Bellene, Chambertin Vintage:2011 earth and floral-suffused nose

earth and floral-suffused nose

Showing a good depth of color the wine offers a rich dose of chocolate covered plums and cherries with tobacco leaf

earth and floral notes within a firm

staining your teeth and palate with a massive wall of fruit

Roche Bellene, Chambertin Vintage:2011 earth and floral-suffused noseLike the Romane Saint Vivant, this was initially badly reduced, indeed to the point that it was unpleasant. I once again left the bottle exposed to air for 24 hours and unlike the Romane Saint Vivant, it actually largely, if not completely cleaned up to where the reduction was more of a nuance rather than dominating the ripe dark currant, earth and floral suffused nose. There is good vibrancy to the medium weight and mineral inflected flavors that